EU Emission Trading Scheme and Its Effects on Companies: a field study

Evropska shema za trgovanje z emisijami (ETS) je kot glavni steber v podnebni politiki EU zaživela leta 2005. Cilj študije je preučiti vpliv ETS na poslovanje podjetij, kar smo izvedli s študijo primerov petih slovenskih podjetij. Glavne ugotovitve raziskave so naslednje: preučevana podjetja ETS poznajo zelo dobro in so vsa že trgovala z emisijskimi kuponi, večinoma so jih zaradi prevelikih emisij kupovalaz vidika dejanskega zmanjšanja emisij je uvedba ETS na podjetja vplivala stimulativno, saj se z različnimi ukrepi trudijo zmanjšati emisijeglavni problem ETS vidijo podjetja v tem, da predstavlja dodatne stroške in zato konkurenčno oviro v primerjavi s podjetji iz tretjih držav, kjer take sheme nimajo.The European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which serves as a cornerstone of the European Union\u27s climate policy, started operating in 2005. In order to investigate the effects of EU ETS on companies, five case studies of Slovenian companies were conducted. According to the findings, the studied companies are very familiar with EU ETS. They have all traded with emission allowances, primarily buying them to make up for the shortfall in allowances. The introduction of EU ETS provided a stimulus for actual emission reductions as all companies have taken actions to reduce emissions. The main problem of EU ETS in their view is that it bears additional costs and, therefore, represents a cost disadvantage relative to companies from third countries, where such schemes do not exist